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Will Jeffery, Sessional Academic, Discipline of Film Studies, University of Sydney

Jaws at 50: the first summer blockbuster is still a film that bites – even when the shark didn’t work

Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images

When I was eight years old, on a Saturday night before surf lifesaving training, my dad put on the film Jaws and it changed my life forever.

Unlike the generations of filmgoers who were afraid of sharks and going into the water during its initial release in 1975, I fell in love with the water and sharks.

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